Fests and feasts before Lent
See how people around the globe turn the time before Lent - a period of fasting and reflection - into a festive affair
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One Tuesday in 2007, my British flatmates told me it was Pancake Day and that we would mark the occasion by making pancakes for tea.
In Britain, some people refer to their evening meal as tea.
